>Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:34:32 -0000
> From: "charel196" <charel196@...>
>Subject: Vintage Keys Keyboard version
>
> I'm somewhat surprised that most places online state that this is
>a "discontinued item" as it was just released last year and I bought
>it last summer.Maybe the market for such a tool is smaller than Emu
>thought? Anyone heard why this happened?
>
The "vintage keys" version may have been released last year, but it's
the same underlying technology as the Proteus 2000 module, which is a
few years old now. E-mu appear to be dropping hardware, unfortunately -
my local music shops tell me that the expansion ROMs for the proteus
2000 ere blown out a few months ago, damnit, as I had intended to buy
the "B3" and "sounds of the ZR" ROMs. I have the Vintage ROM, and it's
pretty good. The mellotron sounds are OK, about as good as I've heard
from a ROMpler box. Except for the brass, that is, that one is really
horrible. A big upside to the P2000 is that if you can get hold of an
E-mu ultra sampler, you can (can? Probably "could" at this rate!) get a
32mb flash ram chip, that you can put your own sounds into.
Theoretically it is possible to ditch the included sounds, and replace
the entire instrument ROM (128mb, there are 4 slots altogether) with
your own samples.
--
Norman Fay